he says after that woman leaves and she is Canadian
silly Brits can't tell the difference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5GZIDnMzZQ Why does Canada need a queen?
Irony here is that he's Irish...
shareFunny. British refers to people form Great Britain, which is the entirety of the United Kingdom. Which yes, includes Ireland.
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
The Republic of Ireland is most certainly not part of the United Kingdom.
It is a messy situation though, so instead of saying something nasty (Irish people get quite pissed off at being called brits), I'll try to be helpful.
Here it is explained in great detail:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10
Hope that helps.
And Canadians get quite pissed off at being called American.
Reminds me of a story my father in law likes to tell.
He was traveling abroad and ventured into a pub which had been taken over by a group of Irishmen for a wedding party. One of the Irishmen called him a Yank, so he turned to them and said something about them being limeys.
The point is, if one wants to go waxing ignorant, don't get mad when someone pulls the same *beep* on you.
Also, the whole of Ireland is not part of the UK, but it's not a 100% sovereign nation either. Which makes Irish people a whole hell of a lot closer to British than Canadians are to Americans.
Prof. Farnsworth: Oh. A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!
Canadians are more british than the Irish are.
Not to stir the pot too much here, but I can't help making a few points.
inamorty has a point inasmuch as Canadians are subjects of the Queen, while citizens of the Irish Republic are not. That said, the Northern Irish are of course not only subjects of the Queen, but holders of UK passports.
The official name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. While this implies that it is incorrect to call the Northern Irish 'British', the term 'British' is commonly used as a demonym for the UK. Thus, while Chris O'Dowd couldn't be considered 'British', it wouldn't be - in a world without hair-trigger nationalism - ridiculous to call Liam Neeson 'British'. At least, not as wrong as calling an Irish (or Scottish or Welsh) person 'English', which is something else that Americans do a lot.
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Canada is part of north America, y'all. When people ask where I'm from I say the u.s. Because saying "American" is very vague, it doesn't even narrow it down to a particularly continent.
Yeah most people prob think of the u.s. when they hear American, but that is partly cause of the huge cultural influence of the u.s. and partly because most people seldom take the time to learn the full meaning of the words they use everyday.
Sorry man, but us Canadians HATE being referred to as Americans. That is an insult to us. We have a heated rivalry with our neighbours to the south. I would rather be called a Canadian or North American, not American.
shareRegardless of emotions, what are the facts? If they ARE, in fact, Americans, then there should be no problem calling them that.
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